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I liked it enough to look up whether Neil Young had released anything in 1979, not that I had anyone in mind or anything, and discovered he put out two albums that year: Rust Never Sleeps and Live Rust. And I've been humming "Like A Hurricane" ever since.
If I were clever about memes, I would create one. But I'm not, so I'm simply going to ask the question:
If you were on American Idol and the theme was "Sing a song from the year you were born," what song would you choose?
I found this dandy list and am delighted to see the top five for my birth year are:
1. To Sir With Love (Lulu)
2. Happy Together (The Turtles)
3. Windy (Association)
4. Ode To Billie Joe (Bobbie Gentry)
5. I'm A Believer (The Monkees)
I like all of them! I'm teetering between "Windy" (which I think I first heard on Sesame Street) and "Ode To Billie Joe" because I suspect that if I could sing I would be a folkie-country type singer.
Or maybe I would choose number 84: Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron (Royal Guardsmen), or number 33: Somebody To Love (Jefferson Airplane), or...
No. "Ode To Billie Joe" it is.
Anyone else?
- Mood:
cheerful
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1. Physical, Olivia Newton-John
2. Eye Of The Tiger, Survivor
3. I Love Rock N' Roll, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts
4. Ebony And Ivory, Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
5. Centerfold, J. Geils Band
6. Don't You Want Me, Human League
7. Jack And Diane, John Cougar
8. Hurts So Good, John Cougar
9. Abracadabra, Steve Miller Band
10. Hard To Say I'm Sorry, Chicago
91. Kids In America, Kim Wilde
92. Man On Your Mind, Little River Band
93. What's Forever For, Michael Murphy
94. Waiting On A Friend, Rolling Stones
95. Do I Do, Stevie Wonder
96. Working For The Weekend, Loverboy
97. Goin' Down, Greg Guidry
98. Arthur's Theme, Christopher Cross
99. Through The Years, Kenny Rogers
100. Edge Of Seventeen, Stevie Nicks
I think I'd do Eye of the Tiger, or Physical!
I think I'd go for Downtown (Petula Clark) or Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter (Herman's Hermits - cause I love the accents). But there's always King of the Road...
Trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let for fifty cents... :)
Let's just say "a long, long time ago" and leave it at that ;)
We just had the public areas in our library painted. Turned out the old paint was the same age as me!
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I like 3, 4 and 10. Did it have to be 5? I'm sure I'd pick a couple Black Sabbath songs to fill the list.
So you're welcome to choose Sabbath--and in fact that would have improved the show immensely!!
Personally, I'd vote for Snoopy vs. the Red Baron. Loved that album! :)
The top five for me were:
1 "Runaround Sue"....................................
2 "Quarter To Three"..................................
3 "Runaway"...............................
4 "Bristol Stomp"..................................
5 "Blue Moon"...................................
But according to Billboard, the number one song the week I was born was "Tossin' and Turnin'" by Bobby Lewis. Hmm. Looks like every list I read has a different ranking. Weird.
Vicki
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